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The Indian Council of Agriculture Research and the International Potato Centre (CIP), Peru, signed an agreement for collaborative research in potato and sweet potato. The workplan for 1998-99 was

Manufacturers of spurious brands of Butachlor will have a tough time. Monsanto will provide to rice growers the facility of independently checking the quality of the weedicide purchased by them in

A draft national blood policy finalised by the National Blood Transfusion Council has been submitted to the government for approval. The policy measures finalised last week by the council headed by

The Gujarat state water supply board and the Junagadh district authrities have decided to conduct desilting exercise in the famous Wellington dam at Junagadh. A detailed scheme has been prepared and

In the wake of the interntional furore over the issue of children stitching footballs in Sialkot district of Pakistan, a special study team of an NGO has found that despite its problems, football

The two-month-old United Parliamentary Forum (UPF) Government of Meghalaya is yet to take a stand on the controversial issue of commercial mining of uranium by the Uranium Corporation of India

Jaundice seems to be sweeping the suburbs of Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath in the city. Over the past eight days, 14 people have died of the illness, and although private practitioners

The Phulpur unit of the fertiliser cooperative, IFFCO, has achieved 'zero effluent emission level' after instalment of various waste treatment units and pollution control equipment, company sources

The Minister of Rural Areas & Employment, Mr. Babagouda Patil, has reaffirmed the Government's resolve to provide all uncovered habitations with safe drinking water within five years. Speaking at a

The District Leprosy Prevention Committee has chalked out an ambitious plan of action for removing the scourage of leprosy in Jaipur district by the turn of the century. While a special survey has